What is Ad Hoc on Terrorism?

Answer 1

In 1996 the General Assembly, in resolution 51/210 of 17 December, decided to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate an international convention for the suppression of terrorist bombings and, subsequently, an international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism, to supplement related existing international instruments, and thereafter to address means of further developing a comprehensive legal framework of conventions dealing with international terrorism. This mandate continued to be renewed and revised on an annual basis by the General Assembly in its resolutions on the topic of measures to eliminate inernational terrorism.

The Ad Hoc Committee's mandate is further framed by the following two declarations adopted by the General Assembly:

the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, Res. 49/60 of 9 December 1994 (E, F, S, R, C, A); and

the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, Res. 51/210 of 17 December 1996 (E, F, S, R, C, A)

Current mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee

Under the terms of General Assembly resolution 63/129 (E, F, S, R, C, A) adopted on 11 December 2008 (operative paragraph 22), the Ad Hoc Committee shall, on an expedited basis, continue to elaborate the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism, and shall continue to discuss the item included in its agenda by General Assembly resolution 54/110 concerning the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations.

Product of the Ad Hoc Committee's work

Since its establishment, the Ad Hoc Committee has negotiated several texts resulting in the adoption of three treaties:

the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 52/164 of 15 December 1997 (E, F, S, R, C, A) (status); and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 54/109 of 9 December 1999 (E, F, S, R, C, A) as corrected (status);

the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 59/290 of 13 April 2005 (E, F, S, R, C, A) (status)